Meet the Snack Cakes

#1 SEEDS

Midwest: Twinkies

Conference: HostessStyle: Cream-filled sponge cakeCalories per Cake: 150Weight per Cake: 43 gramsWeight Class: MiddleweightDensity: 349 cal/100gFact: Twinkie filling was banana-flavored until a World War II banana shortage led to a change to vanilla.

West: Ding Dongs

Conference: HostessStyle: Cream-filled chocolate “hockey puck”Calories per Cake: 180Weight per Cake: 40 gramsWeight Class: MiddleweightDensity: 450 cal/100gFact: Ding Dongs were once sold under the names “Big Wheels” and “King Dons” in some areas to avoid confusion with Drake’s Ring Dings.

South: Hostess Cupcakes

Conference: HostessStyle: Cream-filled chocolate cupcakeCalories per Cake: 180Weight per Cake: 50 gramsWeight Class: HeavyweightDensity: 360 cal/100gFact: Though the Hostess cupcake dates to 1919, the trademark squiggle of frosting across the top of the cake was not added until 1950.

Conference: IndependentStyle: Specialty; marshmallow-filled sandwichCalories per Cake: 300Weight per Cake: 78 gramsWeight Class: HeavyweightDensity: 385 cal/100gFact: Chattanooga Bakery, which invented the Moon Pie in 1917, was originally founded only as a subsidiary of a local flour mill to make use of its excess flour.

South: Ho Hos

Conference: HostessStyle: Cream-filled chocolate rollCalories per Cake: 120Weight per Cake: 28 gramsWeight Class: LightweightDensity: 429 cal/100gFact: In recent years, Hostess has marketed variations on the Ho Ho including a version filled with caramel and another featuring chopped peanuts.

East: Swiss Rolls

Conference: Little DebbieStyle: Cream-filled chocolate rollCalories per Cake: 135Weight per Cake: 30 gramsWeight Class: LightweightDensity: 450 cal/100gFact: In spite of the name, the “Swiss roll” style of cake is believed to have originated in Germany, not Switzerland.

Conference: Drake’sStyle: Cream-filled chocolate rollCalories per Cake: 140Weight per Cake: 31 gramsWeight Class: MiddleweightDensity: 452 cal/100gFact: In one episode of The Simpsons, Homer can only afford either a Yodel or a lottery ticket he knows to be a winner. He chooses the Yodel.

Conference: HostessStyle: Coffee cakeCalories per Cake: 170Weight per Cake: 46 gramsWeight Class: MiddleweightDensity: 395 cal/100gFact: Hostess also makes a 100-calorie pack version of the cake which goes by the name “Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake.”

West: Ring Dings

Conference: Drake’sStyle: Cream-filled chocolate “hockey puck”Calories per Cake: 170Weight per Cake: 38.5 gramsWeight Class: MiddleweightDensity: 442 cal/100gFact: Comedienne Paula Poundstone once said that Ring Dings were one of the things that made her life worth living.

South: Zingers

Conference: HostessStyle: Cream-filled sponge cake with icingCalories per Cake: 150Weight per Cake: 40 gramsWeight Class: MiddleweightDensity: 375 cal/100gFact: Zingers can still be found under their original Dolly Madison brand name in some states.

East: Sno-Balls

Conference: HostessStyle: Specialty; cream-filled chocolate cake covered in marshmallow and coconutCalories per Cake: 180Weight per Cake: 50 gramsWeight Class: HeavyweightDensity: 360 cal/100gFact: Sno-Balls were introduced in 1947 as a result of flour and sugar rationing from World War II.

Conference: Little DebbieStyle: Honey bunCalories per Cake: 220Weight per Cake: 50 gramsWeight Class: HeavyweightDensity: 440 cal/100gFact: According to their website, “The first national Little Debbie commercial from the 1980s featured comedian and impersonator Rich Little rapping while posing as Jack Nicholson, George Burns and Crocodile Dundee (Paul Hogan).” Who else is glad they don’t remember that?

Conference: IndependentStyle: Cream-filled chocolate sandwichCalories per Cake: 125Weight per Cake: 28.5 gramsWeight Class: LightweightDensity: 439 cal/100gFact: Oreo Cakesters were only rolled out by Nabisco in 2007, making them one of the newest cakes in the field.

Conference: TastykakeStyle: Chocolate-iced layer cakeCalories per Cake: 340Weight per Cake: 94 gramsWeight Class: HeavyweightDensity: 362 cal/100gFact: Chocolate Juniors were the first new product developed by Tastykake after their founding in 1914.

Conference: Little DebbieStyle: Specialty; marshmallow-filled sandwichCalories per Cake: 190Weight per Cake: 42 gramsWeight Class: MiddleweightDensity: 452 cal/100gFact: S’mores were added to the Little Debbie product line last fall, making them the newest cake in the field.

South: Strawberry Shortcake Rolls

Conference: Little DebbieStyle: Specialty; cream and jelly-filled cake rollCalories per Cake: 240Weight per Cake: 61 gramsWeight Class: HeavyweightDensity: 393 cal/100gFact: The “cake” in a true shortcake is actually a sweet biscuit, similar to a scone.

East: Nilla Cakester

Conference: IndependentStyle: Cream-filled sandwichCalories per Cake: 110Weight per Cake: 25 gramsWeight Class: LightweightDensity: 440 cal/100gFact: First released in spring 2008, Nilla Cakesters are the second-newest cake in the field.

and finally, Margo – while the peanut butter filled kandy kakes are delicious I have always been a passionate advocate for the Butterscotch Krimpet from Tasty-Kake and I believe the Krimpet will reign supreme despite your dismissal of this snack cake classic. ;-)

Tastycakes are the worst cakes ever. They play in a weak conference and have no business competing with the big boys. When I win this bracket challenge and I get the snackcakes, Im going to light the tastycakes on fire or feed them to winston.

Second, one of the toughest match-ups is going to be the Butterscotch Krimpet vs Peanut Butter Kandy Kake in round two. I am a little bummed because I think they both would have caused some serious upsets otherwise. I predict the winner of this will face Twinkie in the finals.

My heart is really with the Oatmeal Cream Pie here. Am I in the incredible minority? Perhaps youthful attachment to the OCP is my Achilles heel, but it’s a pure and perfect snack that (to me) really stands out in a field of repetitively cake-y snack cakes. I HAVE to root for the OCP. They are my home team, plain and simple.

I wish I could find the Butterscotch Krimpets somewhere near me. I remember finding them at a store I lived near in Fresno, CA, but now I live up north in Washington State and as far as I’ve been able to look there aren’t any Krimpets here. The closest I can get to a Krimpet here is a pack of Zingers and they aren’t nearly as satisfying as I remember the Krimpets being.

Dear sir or madam,
We are a trade society from Tunisia in north Africa, called “enterprise Bouayed Ridha of import , export and wholesale trade”. We have experience in the field of import/export in particular with some Turkish firms such Hazal biskuvi, akay, bursev, hobby life.
Could you please send us your catalogs and your price lists; we also want to know the port from which the goods will be boarded.
If it is possible, could you please send us some samples, this will allows us to better know your products and their compositions. This will be of great importance because of our country regulation which forbids some components to enter in food products composition such as pig’s extracts.
Looking forward to your answer, please approve sir our best salutations.
Bouayed Ridha
phone: 0021622412905
adresse postale: “route de gremda km 4 sfax Tunisie”